amavisd-new fails to install because /etc/mailname is missing

Bug #986011 reported by Mining3
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clamav (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Synaptic Package Manager

Package

amavisd-new version1:2.6.5 Oubuntu2

Package

amavisd-new

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package amavisd-new.
(Reading database ... 183652 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking amavisd-new (from .../amavisd-new_1%3a2.6.5-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up amavisd-new (1:2.6.5-0ubuntu2) ...
Creating/updating amavis user account...
dpkg: error: version 'configure' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
Starting amavisd: head: cannot open `/etc/mailname' for reading: No such file or directory
  The value of variable $myhostname is "x-System-Product-Name", but should have been
  a fully qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such.
  You must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname
  in /etc/amavis/conf.d/05-node_id, or fix what uname(3) provides as a host's
  network name!
(failed).
invoke-rc.d: initscript amavis, action "start" failed.
WARNING: Starting amavisd-new failed. Please check your configuration

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Matt Fischer (mfisch) wrote :

I cannot reproduce this with 1:2.6.5-0ubuntu3.

summary: - Package amavisd-new
+ amavisd-new fails to install
summary: - amavisd-new fails to install
+ amavisd-new fails to install because /etc/mailname is missing
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Matt Fischer (mfisch) wrote :

I checked the changelog and I can't see how this was fixed in between ubuntu2 and ubuntu3, so hopefully someone else can repro this.

Mining3:
Does this reproduce for you with the latest copy?

Changed in clamav (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for clamav (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in clamav (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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